ABSTRACTThis article analyzes the implications of the development of a small and medium food distribution, which now competes with the street food sector in the food away sector of Libreville. The survey of 320 households shows an attendance equivalent to that observed in South Africa (2.7 times / week), concerning mainly grills, grocer's shops, and restaurants. The preferred dishes are "Senegalese" rice (18.7 %) and all sorts of balls and sandwiches (13 and 11 %). Out of home eating of adolescents consisting of expensive fatty and energy dense foods, sweets, and poor fiber food is frequent (30%), in spite of the lower cost of the healthy food ; it is associated with significant adolescent girl obesity ( 10% of cases).. although some progress has been made, problems of hygiene associated with street products persist.